A Casemiro brace helped Manchester United stroll comfortably to a 3-1 win against Reading in the FA Cup fourth round.
On a night that saw the return of former United midfielder Paul Ince – who is the current manager of the away side – at the Old Trafford, it was a fine Brazilian affair with Antony setting Casemiro through on goal with a fine through pass that the midfield stalwart chipped over the onrushing goalkeeper into the net.
Fred then laid a simple pass outside of the box few minutes after coming on for Casemiro to curl home from long range before the substitute finished a fine move from a setpiece routine.
Marcus Rashford thought he had opened the scoring in a first half that saw the Red Devils have as much as 11 attempts after heading in at the back post off a Weghorst header but VAR ruled it out for an offside.
Manchester United will now be looking to continue on this positive bounce as they play Nottingham Forest at home next in the second leg of the Carabao Cup semifinal.